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Freyja (a.k.a. Vanadis) by N. J .O. Blommer, 1852
PREVIOUS VANADIS AWARDEES
(2004) Debbie C. Crans
(2006) Dieter Rehder
(2008) Toshikazu Hirao
HISTORY OF VANADIUM SYMPOSIA
The tremendous development on the understanding and recognition of the remarkable properties of vanadium compounds has stimulated enormously the exploration of vanadium chemistry, biochemistry, its therapeutic applications and use in new materials. Being at the same time consequence and drive for a steady progress in several areas, numerous applications for vanadium complexes range from Therapeutics to Catalysis, New Materials and "Green Chemistry", and the past two decades witnessed an outburst on the research in this field as the several books published[1-4] and many reviews undoubtedly state.
The interest in Meetings centred on Vanadium Science can be traced back to 1986, date when the very first specific Vanadium meeting entitled "Role of Vanadium in Biology" was held within the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Meeting. A synopsis from this Symposium was reported in the Federation proceedings[5]
In the second meeting of the kind a more chemical emphasis was given and it was entitled "Biochemistry of Vanadium". It was held in 1993 at the 45th ACS Southeast Regional Meeting (Johnson City, Tennessee, USA).
The third vanadium centred meeting would follow in 1994 in Montreal (Canada), and embraced the important pharmacological scope. It was designated by "Vanadium: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Potential Use in Diabetes Therapy", and contributions from this meeting were published in a special volume of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry[6]
Three years later vanadium chemistry was given for the first time the importance of a satellite session at the 8th International Conference for Bioinorganic Chemistry - ICBIC 8 (Yokohama, Japan, 1997). That meeting was followed by another one on the same year entitled "Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Therapeutic Applications of Vanadium Compounds", held at the 5th North American Chemical Congress (in Cancun, Mexico, November 10-14, 1997). This symposium, with Alan S. Tracey and Debbie C. Crans as chairs, is considered to be the 1st International Vanadium Symposium - V1 Symposium. A volume of proceedings[7]was published with contributions from this meeting. The V1 Symposium initiated the tradition on these vanadium focused theme meetings to be held every two years.
The 2nd Symposium on Biological Aspects of Vanadium, was held in Berlin, Germany, August 16-17, 1999, with Dieter Rehder and Valeria Conte as chairs. A special issue of the JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY (80(1-2), 2000) was published with contributions from this meeting. The V3 Symposium, 3rd International Symposium on Chemistry and Biological Chemistry of Vanadium, was held in Osaka, Japan, November 26-29, 2001, with Toshikazu Hirao as chair. A special volume of COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS (237(1-2), 2003: New Directions in Chemistry and Biological Chemistry of Vanadium) was published with contributions from this meeting. The V4 Symposium, 4th International Symposium on Chemistry and Biological Chemistry of Vanadium, was held in Szeged, Hungary, September 3-5, 2004, with Tamás Kiss as chair. The journal PURE & APPLIED CHEMISTRY (77(9), 2005) published an issue entirely dedicated to this meeting. S. Francisco (California, USA) received the V5 Symposium, 5th International Symposium on Chemistry and Biological Chemistry of Vanadium, held within the 232nd ACS Fall Meeting in September 10-14, 2006, with Debbie Crans and João Costa Pessoa as chair and co-chair. A volume of proceedings[8] was published with contributions from this meeting. The V6 Symposium, 6th International Symposium on Chemistry and Biological Chemistry of Vanadium, was held in Lisbon, Portugal, July 17-19, 2008, with João Costa Pessoa as Chair.
Vanadium Chemistry and Biochemistry is an active area of research[9, 10], and we are sure that the V7 Symposium, 7th International Symposium on Chemistry and Biological Chemistry of Vanadium, will provide additional stimulus for the further development of this field.
[1] "Vanadium in the Environment" In Adv. Environ. Science Technol. Nriagu, J. O., Ed.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc: New York, 1998; Vol. 23, Parts 1 and 2.
[2] Vanadium and Its Role in Life; Metal Ions in Biological Systems, Sigel, H.; Sigel, A., Eds.; Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York, 1995; Vol. 31. [3] Vanadium in Biological Systems. Physiology and Biochemistry; Chasteen, N. D., Ed.; Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1990.
[4] Tracey, A. S.; Willsky, G. R.; Takeuschi, E. S.; Vanadium. Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Practical Applications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, USA, 2007.
[5] Nechay, B. R.; Nanninga, L. B.; Nechay, P. S. E.; Post, R. L.; Grantham, J. J.; Macara, I. G.; Kubena, L. Fl.; Philips, T. D.; Nielsen, F. H. FASEB Fed. Proc. 1986, 45, 123-132.
[6] Vanadium Compounds: Biochemical and Therapeutic Applications; Srivastava, A. K.; Chiasson, J.-L., Eds.; Focused issue in Mol. Cell. Biochem. 1995, 153.
[7] Vanadium Compounds. Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Therapeutic Applications; A.S. Tracey, D.C. Crans, Eds.; ACS Symposium Series Vol. 711; Oxford University Press: Washington, DC, USA, 1998.
[8] Vanadium the Versatile Metal, K. Kustin, J. Costa Pessoa, D. C. Crans, Eds.; ACS Symposium Series Vol. 974, Oxford University Press: Washington, DC, USA, 2007.
[9] Vanadium Biochemistry, M. Aureliano ed.; Research Signpost, India, 2007.
[10] Rehder, D.; Bioinorganic Vanadium Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, A Wiley Textbook Series, Wiley, England, 2008.
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